The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-30
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Dr. Janes Grey Jewell. of the State Board OF
Health of California is an eminent physician has
had large experience in the treatment of aleo-
hoiic Diseases His cnndid statements upon the
iished by the Board OF Health and arc therefore
eminently worthy of a careful reading:
The brain IN health Is one Of the most delicate
eRns, o. tns human system; \ L % son I'M, ne ne
sharpest knife scarcely cut II without tearing.
This softnesS and ragiy Is necessary that IL may
The use of alcohol az a beverage, changes all this.
Il hnS special affinity for the brain, which alSorbs
membranes which develops the nervous matter.
Some high authorities take the ground that a once
thoroughly Intoxicated brain never fnlly RECEIVERS
its original power. In health, as rule, the brain
Is of delicate pink elor; by alcoholic Stinlula-
tion II becomes intense red. which Is produced
the same way as In the nosc--by paralysis of the
nerves controlling the blood vessels When q
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his stomach, his liver; his Kidneys; and other
manner in which he IS outnsing nature: When
reflect that the br1lfn receives one-ifih of all
that h participa,es more largely In the nnry done
by alcohol than any other organ IN the body, with
the possible exception OF the liver. When the
brain of "A chronic inebriate becomes hardened II
Is pckeled in alcohol precisely as student pick
els the brain of dend subject To harden il before
he can dsSect il. When the brain Is thus satrrat-
ed with alcohol. the patient IL liable 10 have one
of many diseases, including epilepsy, apoplcxy.
stomach, bowels liver kidneys, (which become
fatty or waxyl and finally owind up with insanity
EFFECTS oS THE LIVER.
Alcohol when taken into the stomach Is rapidly
absorbed, il Is not digeSted but absorbed. and
much of II is carried into the liver by the portal
veins IL changes the color of the bile from yellow
cases the liver Is frequently. Increased 10 double
and even treble its iaurll size even 10 weigh from
Me ver sks e t MI M %] %] sn,v ns e o mi ncohe Sn o
casionfily. by some peculiar idigryncrgSy, in the
| chronic drinker, the liver shrinks and assumes
peculiar appearance. known ~ hobnnil liver. by
alcoholic abuse il becomes the seat ~ many char
acteriste alterationst l. enlarged. i Is fatty, is
nodulated, il is contracted IL Is hardened, OF pre-
sentS the appearance Of yellow wax. In many
cases the portal veins become oblierntei by in.
tamation, and this results frequently In abdominal
EFFECT on TnE HEART.
The heart, when in a healthy condition, as Is
generaliy konwn i about the size of an ordinary
list. and weighs nboi eight nine ounces. II s
a hollow muscle, which, by contraction. propels
The amount OF work performed by this little organ
Is enormous; il beats about ono hundred Thousand
times per day, and exhibits strength at each pull
sation equal TO ten pounds. Now healthy
mans heart beats about seventy-two times Il min
ute, four thousand three hundred and twenty
times per hour. one hundred and three thou
sand six hundred and eighty times per nay Of
the enormous stiIn Of one million hirty-six thou
Srnd eight hundred pounds more than five
| hundred tons per day, one foot high
Several causes, sIirh as rapid walking, running
lifting, mental labor excitement Of amy kind. may
increase the hearts action, and thereby bring an
extra strain upon IT, and produce more or less teIi-
rorar or permanent INJURY. II can therefore, be
readily understood that Il Is of the utmost import
sr tbe q fty a. III The rt Of Ihe br If We turn
| from the healthy man and examine the heart of a
chronic inebrate. will find that his heart flike
his nerves and muscle} is subject fatty deencra-
tio; il becomes loaded with fai, upon its exterior
and in ts walls. This increased weight of
greatly weasenS its action may be readily dis
/ covered in the habitunl drinker whoSe pulse Is
/ weak feeble intermittent and whose exiremitieS
1 n gym X
/ do the work required All physicians know that
/ alcoholism Is a common cause Of heart disease.
The muscular tiSSle Is turned INTO fat and such a
person, If much excited, frightEntd. caused
I TO run distance win suddenly die and be pre-
eipftated into a drunkerd's grave, because she
heart Is enfcebea and cannot lift IL i've hundred
tons per day.
Physiology that two ounces % alcohol talout Two
ordinary drinks OF whisky or hrandy.3 increases
| four hours; which i an increase Of work for the
heart equal to the lifting of weight Of seven tons
one foot high. Amer the arinker feels terrible
reaction, physical langIior. setfiag down; the
/ heart flags. the brain and muscles exhausted.
and rest and sleep are irnperatively demanded.
The machinery i nearly run dOwm-the patient
must have sleep he dies AfSera long continued
use Of alcohol, or where large quantity has been
used in short time We find fatty deseeneraion 81
the muscular fbers Of the heart that Il loses its
/ power to drive the blood to the exfremeties, and
urged il on to ruin This fatty dega ration from
alcohol Is also 10 be found in the muscles, liver.
nerves aud kidneys in the form of fat cells, un-
healthy fat cells, which show an insuficiency oi
/ oxygen II the blood.
| When YOU see flushed face ar a hloodshot eye
/ in person who you know indnlges In alcoholic
1 liquors even in moderate way. yuu may put il
down fact that these superficial appearances
indicate positively the condition Of the internal
organs. The delicate Innings Of the brain, heart
Il stomach. liver and lungs, are eOngpSted and aFe
/ the color Of the bltlshing cheek. When the alec
holic habit has become chronic, the coloZ becomes
| permanent and the iiscolored bloiched skin re
veeis the condition ofthe internal organs Owing
/ TO the affinity Of alcohol for water, all the mem
/ branes become somewhat dry. thick and hard
| they shrink uVon the sensitive nerves causing
/ pain: their thickness and hardness stiffcn the
Joints and make the muscles wenk and fablly. and
| in this way every organ in the body feels the
/ change,